New Teams coming soon!

Posted on: 04/03/2023

The new Microsoft Teams is coming soon! Teams is getting completely overhauled. The new Teams preview is now available for Windows desktop users. It will come soon to Mac users and Teams on the web. Microsoft Teams came out in 2017. Today, over 280 million people use Teams monthly. Switching from the new Teams preview back to classic Teams is easy. Not all functionality is available in the new Teams preview, but the missing features and new Teams features are being added in the upcoming months.

The redesigned Teams will be faster and use fewer resources - less ram and better battery life. Microsoft anticipates the new Teams (general availability) will be out later this year.

**New Teams in Preview - now available**

Features coming to the New Teams

This list is not all-inclusive

Use Teams across multiple tenants or accounts. No need to log in and log out of different tenants.
Receive all notifications from multiple Tenants, no matter which one you use.
Channel Post - New Conversations and Announcements moved to the top.
Recent post at the top.
Meeting recaps using AI. This is part of Teams Premium.
Search inside a chat.
Copilot features are coming soon to Teams.
Install app up to 3X faster
Launch app up to 2X faster
Join meetings up to 2X faster
Switch chats/channels up to 1.7X faster
Consume up to 50% less memory
Consume up to 70% less disk space

Microsoft blog posts and articles

Microsoft's Blog Post covering the new Teams
Blog post on March 27, 2023
Designing the new era of Teams
Try new Microsoft Teams article

Channel Post - New Feature coming

Teams Channel Post - In classic Teams, your New conversation to start a post or announcement is at the bottom of the channel. In the new Teams, this is located at the top, and posts and announcements are both readily available. Also, recent posts are at the top.

Two screenshots are below of the new Teams Channel from Chris Menard's desktop

**Teams channel post at the top - New Teams**

**Pop out conversation in channel post - new Teams**

YouTube Video - New Teams coming in 2023

How do I get the new Teams preview?

Available for Windows users starting on March 27, 2023. Microsoft anticipates the new Teams will be available for all users later in 2023.

Online Teams Training Course

Learn Microsoft Teams with Chris Menard. Over 3 hours of training. The course is updated as new features come out.

Lifetime access to Teams Course Beginner to Pro with coupon

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Just some of the topics covered

Navigation Teams
Using private Chat
Using group Chat
Teams Meetings
1. Scheduling Meetings
2. Meeting controls
3. Roles in a meeting
4. Sharing resources
5. PowerPoint in a meeting
6. Scheduling Team meetings from Outlook
Working with Teams and Channels
1. Conversations
2. Files
3. Wiki and OneNote
Using Outlook and Teams
Using apps in Teams

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Chris Menard

Chris Menard is a certified Microsoft Trainer (MCT) and works as a full-time Trainer at BakerHostetler - one of the largest law firms in the US. He runs a YouTube channel with 900+ technology videos that cover various tools such as Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Outlook. To date, the channel has helped over 20 million viewers. Menard also does 2 to 3 public speaking events every year, presenting at the Administrative Professional Conference (APC), the EA Ignite Conference, the Support Staff Conference, the University of Georgia, and CPA conferences. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://chrismenardtraining.com/linkedin or watch his videos on YouTube at https://chrismenardtraining.com/youtube.